EP0526407B1 - Brüheinrichtung für eine Kaffeemaschine - Google Patents

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EP0526407B1
EP0526407B1 EP92810576A EP92810576A EP0526407B1 EP 0526407 B1 EP0526407 B1 EP 0526407B1 EP 92810576 A EP92810576 A EP 92810576A EP 92810576 A EP92810576 A EP 92810576A EP 0526407 B1 EP0526407 B1 EP 0526407B1
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André Lüssi
Hans Zurbuchen
Jürg von Gunten
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/24—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A47J31/3604—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means with a mechanism arranged to move the brewing chamber between loading, infusing and ejecting stations
    • A47J31/3609—Loose coffee being employed

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  • the present invention relates to a brewing device for a coffee machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the preparation of coffee with coffee machines is carried out according to different processes, which can be divided into two basic types. A distinction is made between a first type of process, in which the hot water flows solely through the force of gravity that passes through the coffee powder in a filter, from a second type of process, in which the hot water is conveyed under pressure through the coffee powder (espresso or pressure brewing process) .
  • the present invention relates to the last-mentioned pressure brewing process.
  • Various coffee machines are already known for automatically carrying out this method. These usually have a brewing cylinder with a cylindrical bore, which can be closed on both sides with a piston to form a brewing chamber, the brewing cylinder and the pistons being displaceable relative to one another in the brewing cylinder axis.
  • Each of the pistons has a fine-meshed sieve on its end face facing the brewing chamber formed. Hot water is conveyed under pressure into the brewing chamber through one sieve, which flushes and scalds the coffee powder, the coffee produced thereby being discharged through the sieve of the other piston.
  • the above-mentioned screens are both soiled (clogged) and subject to wear and must not only be cleaned regularly, but also replaced from time to time. They are relative to manufacture expensive.
  • Such a coffee machine is disclosed in FR-A-2 452 905.
  • the end face facing the brewing chamber no longer has a sieve.
  • the supply or removal of liquid into or out of the brewing chamber takes place via the provided annular gap. Forming such a gap is much cheaper to manufacture than providing a piston end face with a fine-mesh sieve.
  • the solution is particularly advantageous if at least the end face of the piston in which the water is supplied to the brewing chamber under pressure and which is furthermore intended to expel the leached coffee powder from the brewing chamber is designed without a sieve.
  • the wall of the brewing cylinder expediently points for supplying and / or discharging liquid through the said gaps to and / or from the brewing chamber through bores running approximately at right angles to the brewing cylinder axis, which are arranged in the brewing positions of the pistons in the region of the gaps.
  • the through bores can each be provided with a connection nipple for connecting a liquid line to the outside of the brewing cylinder.
  • a particularly even flow through the coffee powder in the brewing chamber is achieved when the through hole through the wall of the brewing cylinder is directed essentially tangentially to the bore of the brewing cylinder.
  • the pressurized water supplied does not strike the lateral surface of the corresponding piston forming the gap at right angles, but rather flushes through the gap, avoiding strong eddies, essentially in a helical fashion.
  • jacket regions adjoining the end faces of the two pistons are designed such that an annular gap is formed towards the wall of the bore of the brewing cylinder.
  • the two gaps could have an excellent self-cleaning effect if the supply or discharge of the liquid from the brewing chamber were interchanged intermittently. This could be implemented relatively easily with a control device usually assigned to each brewing device and a reversing valve.
  • the reference number 1 denotes a brewing cylinder which has a cylindrical bore 2.
  • a first piston 3 is fixed between two parallel side cheeks of the brewing device, of which only one 25 is visible in the figure.
  • the brewing cylinder 1 is slidably arranged along a drive spindle 26, which is rotatably mounted between a first drive spindle bearing 27 and a second drive spindle bearing 28.
  • the drive spindle 26 has a spindle thread, which is operatively connected to a driving element 29 which extends from the brewing cylinder 1 against the drive spindle 26.
  • a second piston 4 is slidably held in the brewing cylinder 1.
  • the second piston 4 has a hollow cylindrical shaft 37 protruding from the brewing cylinder 1 in the position shown in FIG. 1.
  • This shaft 37 limits the displacement range of the second piston 4 within the brewing cylinder 1.
  • the hollow cylindrical shaft 37 is designed to reset the brewing cylinder 1 from the brewing position shown in FIG. 1 to an ejection position when it hits an inhibiting nozzle 30, in particular its end facing the brewing cylinder 1 and provided with O-rings 38 to temporarily slow down compared to that of the brewing cylinder 1.
  • the second piston 4 moves within the brewing cylinder 1 against the end of the brewing cylinder 1 that has now been released by the first piston 3.
  • the coffee powder 5 leached out by the previous brewing process becomes the brewing cylinder 1 ejected and removed from the end face 13 of the second piston 4 by an only indicated stripping device 31, which is caused to perform a pivoting movement.
  • the brewing cylinder 1 is then moved upwards into a rest or filling position. It is ready to receive new coffee powder via a swiveling filling funnel 36, which is then in a swiveled-in position.
  • each of the pistons 3, 4 has a sealing ring 10, 11 on its cylindrical outer surface 6, 7, each of which is inserted into a groove 8, 9, which is relatively close to the end face 12, 13 of the corresponding piston 3 , 4 is located.
  • the end face 12 of the first piston 3 is provided with a screen 32 in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1. This is fastened to the first piston 3 with a fastening clip 33.
  • No sieve has the front side 13 of the second piston 4 facing the brewing chamber 5.
  • the cylindrical area of the lateral surface of the second piston 4 between the end face 13 and the associated sealing ring 11 is reduced in diameter compared to the diameter of the bore 2 of the brewing cylinder 1.
  • an annular gap 14 is formed between the wall of the bore 2 and the outer surface of the second piston 4 in the area mentioned.
  • the water flows through the coffee powder located in the brewing chamber 5, brews it and passes as coffee through the sieve 32 of the first piston 3 and via a liquid line 34 arranged on the side of the sieve 32 facing away from the brewing chamber 5 to a further connection nipple 35 Feeding the hot pressurized water to the annular gap 14 is cleaned of any previous coffee powder residues.
  • FIG. 1 it is striking that the front surface 13 of the second piston 4, which is designed without a sieve, is much easier to manufacture than the end surface 12 of the first piston 3 provided with the sieve 32 and the fastening clip 33.
  • FIG. 2 shows an enlarged illustration of the brewing cylinder 1 with the end of the second piston 4 located within the latter.
  • the first piston 3 is shown in broken lines, also with a filter-free design of its end face 40.
  • 2 shows the brewing position in which the brewing chamber 5 is enclosed by the brewing cylinder 1 and the two pistons 3, 4.
  • the previously mentioned through bore 17, which extends outward of the brewing cylinder to a connecting nipple 18, is shown.
  • the through-hole 17 penetrates the wall 15 of the brewing cylinder 1 essentially at right angles to the brewing cylinder axis 16.
  • the through-hole 17 can either be directed radially against the brewing cylinder axis or can run essentially tangentially to the lateral surface 7 of the second piston 4. Intermediate positions are also possible. If the through hole 17 is oriented almost tangentially, there are practically no vortices when pressurized water is supplied.
  • the annular gap 14 is from the pressure water supplied in this case, essentially flushed around in a helical shape. This ensures a uniform flow through the coffee powder located in the brewing chamber 5 and excellent self-cleaning of the annular gap 14.
  • the first piston 3 is only indicated by dashed lines. It is designed in the same way as the second piston 4. A further gap 20 is formed between the end face 40 of the first piston 3 and its associated sealing ring 10.
  • a second through bore designated 21 extends through the wall 15 of the brewing cylinder 1. To the outside, the second through bore 21 is connected to a connecting nipple 39 analogously to the through bore 17.
  • the through bores 17, 21 are arranged along the brewing cylinder axis 16 in such a way that they are located in the area of the mentioned gaps 14, 20 when the two pistons 4, 3 are in the brewing position shown.
  • the end face 13 of the second piston 4 is designed cambered. This is mainly because of the scraper device 31, which is only indicated in FIG. 1 and which executes a circular swiveling movement for scrapping the leached coffee powder cake from said end face 13.
  • the crowning of both the end face 13 of the second piston 4 and the end face 40 of the first piston 3 achieves a more uniform flow of the coffee powder from the pressurized hot water than is the case with flat end faces would.
  • the crowning of the end faces 13, 40 can additionally reduce the flow resistance of the pressurized water in the region of the brewing cylinder axis 16.

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EP92810576A 1991-07-30 1992-07-28 Brüheinrichtung für eine Kaffeemaschine Expired - Lifetime EP0526407B1 (de)

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